Composer Dana Wilson wrote this about "We Sing to Each Other": 

"One aspect of the saxophone that has always drawn me to it is its similarity to the human voice--yet with an incredible wide expressive range. It is no accident, then, that I heard this solo saxophone piece as a kind of singing, and the intimate dialogue that is suggested in the counterpoint as a kind of singing to each other."

I've really enjoyed working on this piece, and I find it extremely dramatic and beautiful. It is resonant and soaring, which is perfect for a large concert hall; not quite so perfect for the practice room or the studio. But I did as well as I could in the studio to get this recording.

I first performed it at the Ukarumpa Classical Concert, March 14, 2015. I recorded the first movement, "Of beauty and sadness," in the studio at Ukarumpa on March 23, 2015.

Dana Wilson - We Sing To Each Other (1996) 1: Of beauty and sadness... (for alto saxophone)

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Dana Wilson - We Sing To Each Other (1996) 1: Of beauty and sadness... (for alto saxophone)

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